Published February 12, 2021, 12:42 AM
About 3,000 pigs have been culled in Leyte province since January as local authorities rushed to stop the spread of the highly-contagious African swine fever (ASF)
Teams from the local government have been leading the depopulation of live pigs raised within the 500-meter radius from the location of hogs confirmed as ASF carriers.
“In the past three weeks, the ASF spread is not yet totally controlled since there are new areas added to the infected zone and these are closer to Tacloban City, the regional capital,” Department of Agriculture (DA) Eastern Visayas regional information officer Francis Rosaroso said in a phone interview Thursday.